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(2) Every contract in respect of any matter, being a contract between the
Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Department and any other
party immediately before the commencement of this Act shall thereafter
continue to subsist between the Authority and such other party.
(3) On and after the coming into operation of this Act, all actions, suits
or legal proceedings by or against the Government pending in respect of
the Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property Department shall be
carried out on or instituted by or against the Authority and no such suit,
action or legal proceedings shall abate or be affected by the coming into
operation of this Act.
(4) Any lawful act performed, made, executed, issued or passed by the —
(a) Registrar of Companies under the Companies Act;
(b) Registrar of Business Names under the Registration of Business
Names Act;
(c) Registrar of Marks, Patents and Designs under the Industrial
Property Act; and
(d) Copyright Administrator under the Copyright and Neighbouring
Rights Act,
immediately before the commencement of this Act shall have effect as
if performed, made, executed, issued or passed by the Registrar of
Companies and Business Names, the Registrar of Industrial Property
and the Copyright Administrator.
(5) Any person who is an officer or employee of the Registrar of
Companies and Intellectual Property Department immediately before the
coming into operation of this Act shall be deemed to be on secondment to
the Authority for a period not exceeding 12 months from the coming into
operation of this Act.
(6) A person seconded to the Authority under subsection (5) who, within
12 months from the coming into operation of this Act —
(a) has been offered and has accepted to enter into a written contract of
service with the Authority, shall be deemed to have terminated his
or her service with the Government without right to severance of
pay but without prejudice to all other remunerations and benefits
payable upon termination; or
(b) has not been offered, or has not accepted to enter into a written
contract of service with the Authority shall be redeployed by the
Government.
(7) A person engaged in terms of subsection (6) (a) shall be employed
on such terms and conditions as may be offered by the Authority and agreed
to by the Authority and the person.